Good newish music? Need suggestions

[pimpicus]

I'm basing this opinion all the times I've heard pimpicus play music. It has mostly sucked.

Really? IIRC I turned both you and Ide on to new music.

Where does everyone here find their new music? Blogs? Friends? Last.fm?

[Pedrito]

Where does everyone here find their new music? Blogs? Friends? Last.fm?

Languish 

Seriously, from friends and websites.
I discovered several good to very good bands while using WinMX: when I downloaded something from some guy, In usually browsed his other shared files, and if i found his amd my tastes almost overlapping, I downloaded everything I didn't know from him; this way I found a lot of new, good artists.

Of those suggested in the thread and listened till now:
Camera obscura, glasvegas: 
Asobi Seksu, Foals: need more time
Silversun Pickups:  They seem a bit too emo for my tastes

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[katmai]

Where does everyone here find their new music? Blogs? Friends? Last.fm?

Languish 

Seriously, from friends and websites.
I discovered several good to very good bands while using WinMX: when I downloaded something from some guy, In usually browsed his other shared files, and if i found his amd my tastes almost overlapping, I downloaded everything I didn't know from him; this way I found a lot of new, good artists.

Of those suggested in the thread and listened till now:
Camera obscura, glasvegas: 
Asobi Seksu, Foals: need more time
Silversun Pickups:  They seem a bit too emo for my tastes

L.

[Liep]

I recently heard Friendly Fire's self titled album, and it's good. Very good.

[Pedrito]

I recently heard Friendly Fire's self titled album, and it's good. Very good.

Duly noted.

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[Eddie Teach]

Not exactly a new band, but one I recently discovered: Apocalypta. Hard rock cello goodness.

[Lndhand]

I have been digging Ray Lamontagne lately.  His newest record is Gossip in the Grain.  His first one is Trouble.  Both are great.  I just saw him in concert -- good stuff.  I am picking up his 3rd (the middle one) record next.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Flogging Molly.

[Queequeg]

GOGOL BORDELLO LIVE IS THE BEST THING SINCE BYZANTINE BREAD!

[Pedrito]

GOGOL BORDELLO LIVE IS THE BEST THING SINCE BYZANTINE BREAD!

no doubt about Gogol Bordello, several doubts about byzantine bread

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[Liep]

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight is my new favourite album. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line is also brilliant (Ghost Under Rock in particular), as is Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest.

Passion Pit and Mew's new albums also get a thumbs up.

[Pedrito]

Reporting on the TV on the Radio plus Animal Collective show I attended in mid-july:

Animal Collective: I heard something from their albums and was curious, if not eager, to listen to them live, but they were a big letdown: one echoed guitar and two samplers don't make people able to play music, in my opinion. Long, tedious noise sessions (7-9 minutes each one of them) and very little substance. It was like I was listening to Ross playing keyboards in the Central Perk. And their session lasted longer than TVOTR! 

Tv On The Radio: excellent set, very good musicians and scenic presence, the only letdown is they played less than one and a half hour. They played almost all the last album, and went back for only a couple of songs; high points: DLZ, Dancing Choose, Wolf Like Me, Staring at the Sun.

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[Liep]

Animal Collective might just be a tad too "experimental" for me.

I haven't recommended much Danish music in this thread, but I gotta mention The Rumour Said Fire. Their EP is great, even if the label IndieFolkPop sounds scary. Check out the song Balcony.

[Josephus]

Porcupine Tree's new album, The Incident, is super.

[Queequeg]

Reporting on the TV on the Radio plus Animal Collective show I attended in mid-july:

Animal Collective: I heard something from their albums and was curious, if not eager, to listen to them live, but they were a big letdown: one echoed guitar and two samplers don't make people able to play music, in my opinion. Long, tedious noise sessions (7-9 minutes each one of them) and very little substance. It was like I was listening to Ross playing keyboards in the Central Perk. And their session lasted longer than TVOTR! 

Tv On The Radio: excellent set, very good musicians and scenic presence, the only letdown is they played less than one and a half hour. They played almost all the last album, and went back for only a couple of songs; high points: DLZ, Dancing Choose, Wolf Like Me, Staring at the Sun.

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Totally agree on both counts.  I've seen TVotR live every time they've played in Chicago since before Return to Cookie Mountain came out.  I am a huge fan.